A porcelain company's former dumping ground, completely covered in pieces of collectible ceramics.

The ruins of a resort and casino sit on the banks of this blue hole spring that pumps 70,000 gallons of warm, clear water every minute.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

Decades' worth of lost and forgotten objects make up the collection of this tantalizingly odd little museum.

Petroglyphs, bird watching, and a 100-year-old Ranch in one location.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

A lighthouse on this West Virginia lake started as a joke, then the forces of nature helped make it a reality.

An abandoned coal mine reached by a steep hike.

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

This former fire tower found new life as a communications hub complete with a scenic overlook.

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

Spectacular mineral formations fill these caves, which have been used for everything from smoking meat to stashing illicit liquor.

A plaque and memorabilia collection mark where A&W got its start.

The only residents of this abandoned housing development full of identical castles are stray cats and dogs.